2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
2/28/2017 | 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM | Advocacy Every Day: Parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children | Hanover B
Advocacy Every Day: Parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
Parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing children advocate for their children every day. We will review effective advocacy for parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing children in various areas including: modes of communication, education, IEPs and 504 plans and public accommodations, as well as some of the more nuanced instances when parenting and advocacy intersect: technology, identity and community roles and relationships.
No parent is immediately an expert on their newborn baby and there are learning periods for everyone. The parent of a Deaf or Hard of Hearing child continuously advocates. Our goal is to support parents in developing and strengthening advocacy skills. We are both parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. We are attorneys and were co-workers and close friends before we had our children.
- Develop and strengthen parent advocacy skills.
- Review Early Intervention, CPSE and CSE processes in terms of parental roles.
- Support positive communication and relationships.
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Presenters/Authors
Susan Fingerle
(), Hands & Voices, susanfingerle@msn.com;
Susan Fingerle is the parent of a 13 year old son who is Hard of Hearing. Susan has worked as a special education attorney since 2002 and has been involved with Hands & Voices in New York and Alabama. Her family recently moved to Denver, Colorado.
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Lisa A Weiss
(), LAW Access Education LLC, coloradocues@gmail.com;
Lisa A. Weiss is a mediator and a public school policy expert. She provides direct instruction in self advocacy, work adjustment training, and communication access as a private educational interpreter with a family based cooperative School to Work Alliance Program called Solid Ground Denver.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.